Crime and courts: Phony IRS officer sentenced to prison

Phony IRS officer sentenced to prison

WHITE PLAINS - Jared Brewton, of Yonkers, was sentenced Friday to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with identity theft, false personation, impersonating an IRS officer and other crimes, officials with the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. Brewton, 28, conned the federal government out of thousands of dollars by filing fake tax returns between 2006 and 2010. Brewton pleaded guilty in July.

Burglary suspects face more charges

PELHAM MANOR - Two men from Queens suspected in a series of Westchester County break-ins were arrested Wednesday by village police after making a court appearance on burglary charges in Eastchester.

Police Chief Alfred Mosiello said cops picked up Anderson Moncada-Borja, 24, and Juan Hernandez-Moncada, 29, in connection with the January burglary of a Manor Lane home. They were charged with two felony counts of burglary.

They also were arrested last month by Eastchester police and accused of fleeing police following an attempted burglary there.

Four teens held in attack on reporter

YONKERS - Four teenagers are accused of attacking a News 12 reporter Wednesday morning during an attempted robbery that sent him to the hospital, police said. The reporter, identified in company tweets as CeFaan Kim, 31, suffered facial injuries, including a broken nose, and was treatment at the St. John's Riverside Hospital annex in Dobbs Ferry, according to police and published reports.

Detective Lt. Patrick McCormack said Kim was assaulted by the group, students from the nearby Graham Windham residential treatment center school in Hastings-on-Hudson, about 9:15 a.m. near the Greystone train station.

Kim told News 12 he was walking up Odell Avenue from the train station when the group approached from the other direction and punched him about 30 times. The attack continued until passing motorists stopped and the teens ran off.

Police apprehended four suspects - two aged 16 and two 15 - and charged them with attempted robbery and assault, both felonies. The 16-year-olds, Maurice White, of Brooklyn, and Joshua Quijano, who lives at Windham, were charged as adults, McCormack said, the other two as juveniles.

Phony 'buyers' steal one car, seek second

NEW ROCHELLE - A city man's attempt to sell his Porsche turned into a carjacking in New York City and an attempted theft of his BMW in New Rochelle, police said.

Detective Capt. Joseph Schaller said the 37-year-old man went to Manhattan at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to sell the Porsche to two men, who two took off with it. The keys to his house, 2006 BMW and Range Rover were inside.

He called his wife and told her to secure the cars, fearing the thieves might head to their home. She went outside about 9:30 p.m., spotted a man walking toward the BMW and heard the car opening from the remote control on the key. She screamed and the man, described as a light-skinned black man with curly hair, glasses and wearing a blue hoodie, ran away. A minivan also sped away.

Pepsi subcontractor charged with theft

SOMERS - A woman who worked for a subcontractor at Pepsi in Somers was arrested Tuesday in the theft and use of a credit card owned by a Pepsi employee, state police said.

Natalie Mullings McFawler, 37, of Spring Valley was charged with two felony counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

McFawler is accused of stealing a credit card from a Pepsi worker in a locker room in a gym at the company campus off routes 100 and 35, and using it at a CVS store in Yorktown, police said, where she was captured on video. The victim reported the theft Thursday.

As investigators were interviewing McFalwer, they said they found her with an American Express gift card she is accused of stealing from the same victim.

Investigator Armando Barquin said McFawler was employed in Pepsi's accounting department. She faces charges in Somers and Yorktown.

Cops: Man arrested, had 7 pounds of pot

MOUNT VERNON - A 36-year-old Nyack man was arrested with more than 7 pounds of marijuana worth more than $25,000 on Thursday, police said. Andy Elliot of 65 W. Broadway was walking in the north end of the city Thursday afternoon, carrying the marijuana, when narcotics detectives stopped him, police said.

"We had been watching him," said Detective Capt. Ed Adinaro.

Elliot was charged with second-degree criminal possession of marijuana, a felony, and the investigation remained active, Adinaro said.

Home invaders beat man, steal jewelry

MOUNT VERNON - Two men forced their way into a Summit Avenue man's apartment Tuesday night, beat him and took jewelry, city officials said. The 43-year-old victim was admitted to Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle with injuries to his face and head.

The incident happened about 10 p.m. Tuesday. Police said a woman went to the victim's apartment door looking for someone. As he spoke to her, the two assailants forced their way in.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call detectives at 914-665-2510. Calls can be made anonymously to 914-665-2588.

Teen charged with abandoning dog

CARMEL - An 18-year-old town man is accused of abandoning a dog by tying it to a tree Friday outside the Putnam County Humane Society shelter on Old Route 6. Shelter volunteers notified Putnam County SPCA police after finding the young male pit bull.

Joseph Gallo-Kappus was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor charge of abandonment of animals. He was released without bail and is due in April 23 in Town Court.

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Crime and courts: Phony IRS officer sentenced to prison

Jared Brewton, of Yonkers, was sentenced Friday to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with identity theft, false personation, impersonating an IRS

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